Benito Mussolini Quotes

We affirm that the true story of capitalism is now beginning, because capitalism is not a system of oppression only, but is also a selection of values, a coordination of hierarchies, a more amply developed sense of individual responsibility.
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Affirm Beginning Capitalism Only Oppression Selection Story System True
The fascist state is the corporate state.
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Corporate Fascist State
Fascism, the more it considers and observes the future and the development of humanity, quite apart from political considerations of the moment, believes neither in the possibility nor the utility of perpetual peace.
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Consider Consideration Development Fascism Humanity More Observe Political Quite
The keystone of the Fascist doctrine is its conception of the State, of its essence, its functions, and its aims. For Fascism the State is absolute, individuals and groups relative.
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Aim Conception Doctrine Essence Fascist Function Keystone State
It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters little who wins. To make a people great it is necessary to send them to battle even if you have to kick them in the pants. That is what I shall do.
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Fold Hand History Jhumilating Little Matter Other Remain Win
Believe, obey, fight.
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Believe Light Obey
Thirty centuries of history allow us to look with supreme pity on certain doctrines which are preached beyond the Alps by the descendants of those who were illiterate when Rome had Caesar, Virgil, and Augustus.
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Allow Beyond Century Certain Descendant Doctrine History Look Preach Supreme
Silence is the only answer you should give to the fools. Where ignorance speaks, intelligence should not give advices.
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Advice Answer Fool Ignorance Intelligence Silence Speak
This is the epitaph I want on my tomb: Here lies one of the most intelligent animals who ever appeared on the face of the earth.
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Animal Appear Earth Epitaph Face Intelligent Lie One Tomb Want
The Socialists ask what is our program? Our program is to smash the heads of the Socialists.
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Ask Head Program Smash Socialist
There is the great, silent, continuous struggle: the struggle between the State and the Individual; between the State which demands and the individual who attempts to evade such demands. Because the individual, left to himself, unless he be a saint or hero, always refuses to pay taxes, obey laws, or go to war.
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Between Continuous Demand Great Individual Silent State Struggle
The function of a citizen and a soldier are inseparable.
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Citizen Function Inseparable Soldier
I owe most to Georges Sorel. This master of syndicalism by his rough theories of revolutionary tactics has contributed most to form the discipline, energy and power of the fascist cohorts.
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Contribute Country Master Most Ow People Person Revolutionary Rough Syndicalism Tactic Theory
Fascism is a religious concept.
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Concept Fascism Religious
National pride has no need of the delirium of race.
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Delirium National Need Pride Race
Better to live a day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep
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Better Day Hundred Lion Live Sheep Year
For us the national flag is a rag to be planted on a dunghill. There are only two fatherlands in the world: that of the exploited and that of the exploiters.
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Dunghill Flag Nationa Planet
Democracy is talking itself to death. The people do not know what they want; they do not know what is the best for them.
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Best Death Democracy Itself Know Take Them
We have buried the putrid corpse of liberty…
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Buried Corpse Liberty Putrid
There is a violence that liberates, and a violence that enslaves; there is a violence that is moral and a violence that is immoral.
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Enslave Immoral Liberal Moral Violence
If you acquit me, you will give me great pleasure. If you condemn me you will do me honour!
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Accept Condemn Give Great Honour Pleasure
Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy.
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Beautiful Democracy Fallacy Practice Theory
The struggle between the two worlds [Fascism and Democracy] can permit no compromises. It’s either Us or Them!
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Between Compromise Democracy Either Fascism Permit Struggle Them Two World
[The Fuhrer] is one of those lonely men of the ages on whom history is not tested, but who themselves are the makers of history.
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Age Fuhrer History Lonely Make Men One Test Those
Fascist education is moral, physical, social, and military: it aims to create a complete and harmoniously developed human, a fascist one according to our views.
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Aim Complete Create Develop Education Fascist Harmoniously Human Military Moral Physical Social
The fate of nations is intimately bound up with their powers of reproduction. All nations and all empires first felt decadence gnawing at them when their birth rate fell off.
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Bound Fate Intimately Nation Power Reproduction
There is the great, silent, continuous struggle: the struggle between the State and the Individual; between the State which demands and the individual who attempts to evade such demands. Because the individual, left to himself, unless he be a saint or hero, always refuses to pay taxes, obey laws, or go to war.
BENITO MUSSOLINI

Between Continuous Demand Great Individual Silent State Struggle

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